Conventions Used In This Guide; Further Information - ABB NPBA-12 Installation And Startup Manual

Chapter 1 – Introduction to This Guide
Conventions Used in
This Guide
Communication Module
Data Sets and
Data Words
NPBA-12 PROFIBUS
Adapter Module
Parameter

Further Information

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Appendix A presents the PROFIBUS Profile-specific parameters.
Appendix B explains definitions and abbreviations concerning the
PROFIBUS protocol family.
Appendix C contains Technical Data.
Appendix D contains a specification of the ambient conditions allowed
during transportation, storage and use of the NPBA-12.
Communication Module is a parameter name/parameter selection
name for a device (e.g. a fieldbus adapter) through which the drive is
connected to an external serial communication network (e.g. a
fieldbus). The communication with the communication module is
activated with a drive parameter.
Data sets are clusters of data sent through the DDCS link between the
NPBA-12 Adapter Module and the drive. Each data set consists of
three 16-bit words, ie. data words. The Control Word (sometimes called
the Command Word) and the Status Word, References and Actual
Values (see Chapter 6) are types of data words; the contents of some
data words are user-definable.
The NPBA-12 Adapter Module is one of the optional fieldbus adapter
modules available for ABB drives. The NPBA-12 is a device through
which an ABB drive is connected to a PROFIBUS serial communication
bus.
A parameter is an operating instruction for the drive. Parameters can
be read and programmed with the drive control panel, or through the
NPBA-12 Module.
Further information is available on the World Wide Web from
www.profibus.com.
NPBA-12 Installation and Start-up Guide